With a fabulous lineup of beauties like this how can you possibly plan to do anything else on Saturday evening, June 9, except attend the 1962 Bluegill Frolic Queen Selection, which will be held in the school gym beginning at 8:00 p.m. (Marcellus News). Marge (Rhodes) Flynn, Queen

Marcellus News, 14 June 1962: "Margie Rhodes, 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Rhodes of Marcellus, was chosen Queen of the 1962 Bluegill Frolic, Saturday evening, June 9, over a group of 18 other contestants.

Margie, a 4 foot, 11 inch honor student at Marcellus High School, burst into tears when handed the bouquet of roses by the 1961 Queen Judy Hahn. The new Queen's Mother, Mrs. Rhodes and the rest of the eight Rhodes children all joined her with tears.

Runner ups in the contest were Charlene Grames, 19 year old and a 1961 graduate of Three Rivers High School and Colleen Barrett, 17 years old and a June graduate of Marcellus High School.

Headlining the evening's entertainment was the "Four Bards" a Niles quartet who have twice been champions in barbershop competition and have also appeared on the Arthur Godfrey show.

William Higgins, chairman of the Selection program this year, was taken to Lakeview Hospital in Paw Paw late last week for emergency surgery, and his absence many in the community filled in.

Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Ed Heathcote, superintendent of schools in Marcellus. Ray Jones furnished organ music for the evening.

1964 Bluegill Frolic. Queen JoAnn Powell (Kahler) was crowned by Dr. Willis Dunbar, Chairman of the Dept of History at Western Michigan University. Marcellus News (11 June 1964): "JoAnn Powell Selected '64 Bluegill Frolic Queen. JoAnn Powell, 18 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Powell, East Arbor Street, Marcellus was selected as the 1964 Bluegill Frolic Queen, Friday evening, June 8. JoAnn will reign over the 21st National Bluegill Frolic to be held Friday and Saturday , June 26 and 27. JoAnn graduated from Marcellus High School this June and plans to attend Western Michigan University in the fall. Miss Sandy Melville, 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Melville of Marcellus was first runner up and is also a June graduate from M.H.S. and plans to attend college in the fall. Miss Barbara Hass, 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hass of Marcellus was chosen as second runner up. Miss Hass will be a senior at Marcellus High when school begins in the fall and she hopes to go on to Beauticians school after graduation in 1965. The list of other contestants includes the following young ladies: Wanda Kelly, Barbara Hunter, Connie Zelasko, Georgia Hahn, Barbara Ulam, Donna Melville, Jean Underwood, Joyce Carpenter, Bonnie Barnhart, Pat Moore, Glenna Saidla, Marilyn Buckhold, Nancy Wintrode, Arlene Swartz, Connie Abrams, Suzanne Wolfe, Carol Wolski and Bonnie Hartline. Mrs. Milton Simmons and Mrs. Richard Bowers were the co-chairmen of the program."